RAIN BIRD TO WEBCAST ITS 10TH INTELLIGENT USE OF WATER™ SUMMIT LIVE FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Live Webcast To Feature A Panel of Australian and U.S. Water Officials Discussing Outdoor Water Use On A Global Level And The Sustainability of Earth’s Water Supply
March 19th, 2009, 9:30 AM AEDT
U.S. viewers tune-in for the LIVE webcast
on Wednesday March 18, 2009 at 6:30pm EDT /3:30 pm PDT
AZUSA, CA (March 4, 2009) – Rain Bird , the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, announced today that a global audience of media and interested consumers will have the opportunity to watch, listen and participate in the upcoming Intelligent Use of Water Summit through a LIVE webcast on www.rainbird.com . Scheduled for Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia, the live webcast will be available to all viewers beginning at 9:30 am Australian Eastern Daylight Time and will feature an impressive cross section of Australian and U.S. environmental and water conservation experts, and influencers on water-related issues.
In addition to the LIVE webcast, viewers across the globe will also have the opportunity to participate in the Melbourne, Australia-summit by submitting questions to the panel via the webcast’s ‘real time’ interactive online chat function.
In partnership with Smart Approved WaterMark , Australia’s not-for-profit water-efficient product labeling program for products that help reduce outdoor water waste, panelists at the Melbourne thought-leadership event are:
Mary Ann Dickinson – Exec. Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency (Chicago, IL)
Geoff Gardiner – General Manager Service Sustainability, City West Water (Melbourne)
Benjamin Grumbles – (former) Asst. Administrator for Water, US Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, DC)
Stuart White – Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology (Sydney)
Greg Stewart – General Manager, Total Eden; Chair of Irrigation Australia WA Region
Jeremy Cape, President of CapeAbility Consultants Pty Ltd, a leading Australian irrigation consulting and research firm, will moderate the environmentally focused symposium and lead a panel discussion focused on providing insight and perspective to various global water conservation policies and legislation, programs, initiatives and trends.
Immediately following the 2-hour discussion panel, webcast viewers will have the unique opportunity to watch and listen to the Summit’s keynote address given by Dr. Bryson Bates, Chief Research Scientists with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research.
As the Director of CSIRO’s Climate Program from 2004 to 2006, Bryson served as Lead Author for the Second, Third and Fourth Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He received a certificate of recognition for his contribution to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to IPCC and Al Gore.
Established in 2004 as a forum to further define the relationship between water conservation and landscape water use, The Intelligent Use of Water Summit series is an insightful examination of the current state of Earth’s most precious resource in the face of environmental uncertainty. Previous summit locations included Pasadena, Calif., Tucson, Ariz., Tempe, Ariz., Madrid, Spain, and Aix-en-Provence, France.
In addition to The Intelligent Use of Water Summits, Rain Bird devotes significant resources to its Intelligent Use of Water public education campaigns, which include: The Intelligent Use of Water Award; a series of white papers; public service announcements; membership on the Alliance for Water Efficiency and the steering committee advising the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its WaterSense product labeling program; The Intelligent Use of Water Film Competition; partnerships with nonprofit organizations; development and support of elementary and middle school curriculums; and participation in the Tournament of Roses Parade® , an annual worldwide stage to communicate the need for water conservation.
Please note that due to the time difference, The Intelligent Use of Water Summit, scheduled for March 19th, 2009 at 9 am Australian Eastern Daylight Time, will be seen in the United States on Wednesday March 18th, 2009 at 6:30 pm EDT/3:30 pm PDT. The webcast is available to the public at no charge. Visit the Webcast page for more details on the Summit and the LIVE webcast.
ABOUT RAIN BIRD CORPORATION
Based in Azusa, Calif., Rain Bird Corporation is the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. Since its beginnings in 1933, Rain Bird has offered the industry's broadest range of irrigation products for farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes in more than 130 countries around the world. Rain Bird has been awarded more than 130 patents, including the first in 1935 for the impact sprinkler. Rain Bird and The Intelligent Use of Water is about using water wisely. Its commitment extends beyond products to education, training and services for the industry and the community. Rain Bird maintains state-of-the-art manufacturing assembly facilities in the United States, France, Sweden and Mexico.
ABOUT SMART APPROVED WATERMARK
Smart Approved WaterMark is Australia's water saving labeling program for products and services which are helping to reduce outdoor water use. The scheme was set up by the Australian Water Association, Irrigation Australia, the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia and Water Services Association of Australia in response to the challenge of reducing per-capita urban water consumption across Australia. Smart WaterMark is funded through the Australian Government's Water Smart Australia program and is supported by all the States and Territories. www.smartwatermark.info , consumer web site: www.smartwatermark.org
